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Pocket Chicken

Date: 2026-07-29 AO: Pocket Chicken Q: Giving Tree , PAX: Hipster, Ultratecht, Giving Tree FNGs: None COUNT: 3 CONDITIONS: Chris took off his shirt on the little paved strip between the track and greenway
WARMUP:
THE THANG: Ultratecht and I ran over the pedestrian bridge and back for 5 while Hipster did some recovery laps.
MARY:
MOLESKINE: yes
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:
PLAYLIST:
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Tora! Tora! Tora!

Date: 2026-07-06 AO: Tora! Tora! Tora! Q: Giving Tree , PAX: Waymo (formerly Space Baby), Hot Route, Ultratecht, greyalbum, The Bobs, Giving Tree FNGs: None COUNT: 6 CONDITIONS: We’ve gotten to the time of the year where you can assume extreme humidity or rain. It was the former.
WARMUP: Mosey Slow and low good mornings in to squats Hip dips Kickbacks Slow and low pistol squats
THE THANG:
Below exercises with 30 second rest between supersets.
Deadlift with coupon 1. 30 seconds right leg 2. 30 seconds left leg 3. 30 seconds both legs
Reverse lunge with coupon 1. 30 seconds right leg 2. 30 seconds left leg 3. 30 seconds alternating side lunge
B stand squat with coupon 1. 30 seconds right leg 2. 30 seconds left leg 3. 30 seconds both legs
Glute bridge with coupon 1. 30 seconds right leg 2. 30 seconds left leg 3. 30 seconds both legs
Step ups with coupon (keep leg on bench) 1. 30 seconds right leg 2. 30 seconds left leg 3. 30 seconds box jumps or jump squats
Curtsie lunge with coupon 1. 30 seconds right leg 2. 30 seconds left leg 3. 30 seconds sumo squat
Calf raises on coupon 1. 30 seconds right leg 2. 30 seconds left leg 3. 30 seconds ski downs
Repeat first 5 supersets and return to circle for stretches then done.
MOLESKINE: Banana
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
No new local announcements, but check the other channels.
COT:
General gratitude.
PLAYLIST:
Gabriel and Dresden live from Electric Zoo NYC 2011
:deciduous_tree:
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The Buffalo

Date: 2026-07-03 AO: The Buffalo Q: Ultratecht , PAX: Giving Tree, Ultratecht, The Bobs FNGs: None COUNT: 3 CONDITIONS: HUMID
WARMUP: QUICK MOSEY
THE THANG: SEE PIC
MARY:
MOLESKINE: PEN AND INK/4th CELEBRATIONS
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT: SQUATTER’s FAM
PLAYLIST:
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Pocket Chicken

Date: 2026-07-01 AO: Pocket Chicken Q: Hot Route , PAX: Ultratecht, Hot Route, Giving Tree FNGs: None COUNT: 3 CONDITIONS: The Ultratect shirt-o-meter was a 10/10 this morning. Think it was off before he stepped out of the car. It was muggy as hell out there
WARMUP: n/a
THE THANG: 4.5mi normal loop
MARY: n/a
MOLESKINE: deer, owl, turkey, superchick
ANNOUNCEMENTS: PSA don’t blow off your fingers like JPP
COT: GT w/the coffee
PLAYLIST:
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Pocket Chicken

Date: 2026-06-17 AO: Pocket Chicken Q: Hot Route , PAX: Giving Tree, Ultratecht, Hot Route FNGs: None COUNT: 3 CONDITIONS: perfect for the 17th of June
WARMUP: n/a
THE THANG: neighborhood. 5mi
MARY: n/a
MOLESKINE: soccer talk
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:
PLAYLIST: nature, Goulet
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Tora! Tora! Tora!

Date: 2026-06-15 AO: Tora! Tora! Tora! Q: Hot Route , PAX: Ultratecht, g-string, Waymo (formerly Space Baby), Giving Tree, Hot Route FNGs: None COUNT: 5 CONDITIONS: as good as it gets for mid-June
WARMUP: mosey and normal stuff
THE THANG: 3 supersets, 2x through, 45on/15off and a lap around the high grasses Single leg prom date Explosions Fruit roll ups Crab toe touch
Globe jumps Curtsy Supermans Around the clock lunges
Wide/diamond merkins Slow n low squat Ski abs Kristie Yamaguchis
MARY: n/a
MOLESKINE: just the weather. Pretty damn nice
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Night Moves Friday? Third Coast
COT: good coffee, good conversation
PLAYLIST: not a good one by any means. I’m disappointed in myself mainly. music.apple.com/us/playlist/90s-summer/pl.u-KVXBY7VT0MjAk
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Pocket Chicken

Date: 2026-06-10 AO: Pocket Chicken Q: Third Coast , PAX: Giving Tree, Ultratecht, Third Coast, greyalbum FNGs: None COUNT: 4 CONDITIONS: 67° 96% Humidity
WARMUP: Jumped straight in
THE THANG: 4.59 mi (Ultratecht did a bit more) Avg. pace: 9:37/mi (my watch died right at the end and didn’t save the route tracking)
MARY: N/A
MOLESKINE: Lots of deer, no moles sighted
ANNOUNCEMENTS: None
COT: TAPS for more patience with w/ family for greyalbum (good reminder for all of us) and Third Coast friend Noel still living out of her car in California
PLAYLIST: The sounds of Shelby
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Tora! Tora! Tora!

Date: 2026-06-08 AO: Tora! Tora! Tora! Q: Giving Tree , PAX: Giving Tree, Ultratecht, g-string FNGs: None COUNT: 3 CONDITIONS: humid
WARMUP: mosey, ssh, leg stretches
THE THANG:
Drop rest core circuit 30 seconds of work with 20 second rest, drops to 10 second rest 2nd time through and no rest for third and final set.
1. frog leg crunch 2. American hammers 3. Freddie mercuries (1-2-3 pause) 4. Leg lifts
Sevens – start with 6 strength workouts and 1 cardio, end with 1 strength and 6 cardio. Each exercise is 30 seconds of work and 10 second rest.
Strength 1. Boat pose shoulder press 2. Lateral lunge 3. Merkin with knee drive 4. Sumo squat to row 5. Crunchy frogs 6. Reverse lunge knee drive + press Cardio 1. Speed skaters 2. Power jacks 3. Burpees 4. Mountain climbers (8 count with merkin) 5. Ski downs 6. Box jumps
25 step ups each leg to end.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: look out for a night moves announcement in the near future
COT: gratitude for some good news for a friend of Third Coast
PLAYLIST: preDM
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The Buffalo

Date: 2026-06-05 AO: The Buffalo Q: Hot Route , PAX: Giving Tree, Ultratecht, Waymo (formerly Space Baby), greyalbum, Hot Route, Hipster FNGs: None COUNT: 6 CONDITIONS: not bad for june
WARMUP: lil mosey
THE THANG: arrrgg matey…revived a pirate Q from years back 1m of each with some runs around CC sprinkled in: Peg leg raises Peg leg RDLs Plank walks Rowing the boat Boat rockers Dig for treasure Burying the treasure Booty work Captain Jackhammers Cannonballers BUCK-aneer kicks No Quarter Jacks
MARY: circle of howler monkey humpers and ABC ABs in cursive caps
MOLESKINE: cheezy pirate jokes
ANNOUNCEMENTS: look for a posting upcoming on Night Moves courtesy of Hipster. Block party for Café Margot in five points. The when, what, how much, we do not know.
COT: no ballz, ugly mugs
PLAYLIST: started with true pirate music in anti-establishment/anarchy music, but then there was a mutiny on board and the crew made a parlay for ‘bad’ 80s which really means good 80s. I’m pretty confident we all looked like this: https://youtu.be/opRRax4ph3E
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Pocket Chicken

Date: 2026-06-03 AO: Pocket Chicken Q: Giving Tree , Ultratecht, Third Coast PAX: Ultratecht, Giving Tree, Third Coast FNGs: None COUNT: 3 CONDITIONS: Delightfully cool after warming up
WARMUP: run
THE THANG: run
MARY: run
MOLESKINE: skin of a mole
PLAYLIST: sounds of the greenway, the exchange running collective